Fire-kindler



(No Model.)

R.'GUENTHER.

PIRE KINDLER.

No. 444,114. Patnted Ja,11.6,1891.

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UNITED STATES PATENT OEEICE.

RUDOLPH GUENTIIER, OF KANSAS CITY, MISSOURI.

FIRE-KINDLER.

SPECIFICATION forming lpart of Letters Patent No. 444,114, dated January 6, 1891.

Application filed September l, 1890. Serial No. 363,647. (No model.)

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, RUDOLPH GUENTHER,

of Kansas City, Jackson county, Missouri, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in the Art or Process of Preparing Fire-Lighting Material, of which the following` is a full, clear, and exact description, reference being had to the accompanying drawings, forming a part hereof.

My invention relates to an improvement in the art or process of preparing as vulcanite peat or turf found, generally, in swamps, dre., and which undergoes lthe certain process hereinafter described.

My object is to provide a cheap and effective material or vulcanite prepared of suitable and convenient sizes for starting lires. This object I accomplish, as will be readily understood from the following speeificatiomin connection with the accompanying drawings, in

V which- Figure l shows a block of the peat or turf in its natural state. Fig. 2 is a vertical central section of a receptacle for steaming the peat or turf preparatory to soaking it with oil. Fig. 3 is a view of the fire-lighting material when ready for use.

Similar letters refer to similar parts in all the figures.

A represents a section of the peat or turf as it is eut from the bog.

B represents a suitable receptacle provided at a suitable distance from the bot-tom C with a perforated partition or shelf D, upon which in the chamber d is stacked the small sections a, into which the sections A of the peat have been divided.

O represents a perforated cap or partition which covers nearly the entire Hoor of the receptacle B, the intermedial space F forming a steam-chamber.

G represents an opening in the floor of the receptacle, in which the upper end of the steam-pipe II is secured.

A suitable material I-such as moss-saturated with oil or other suitable liquid, is iilled in the space d between the perforated partition D and the floor O and cap-shaped partition E of the receptacle.

An annular .flange J, provided on its upper surface with the cushion K, forms, when the lid L ofthe receptacle is in place, an air-tight joint to prevent the escape of steam. The lid or cover is provided with a handle M.

In operation, after the peat is cut to the size desired it is placed in the receptacle upon the perforated partition D in such a manner that the steam, passing from the pipe L through the perforated cap, intermediate packing, and perforated partition D, permeates the peat blocks a thoroughly, and thus prepares them for the saturation by any suitable oil or liquid in which they are soaked after having been previously dried in any suitable manner to expel the Water contained therein. The peat or turf in its natural state will not absorb the oil, and in such state is not applicable for ignit-ing purposes. The steam, passing through the moss saturated with oil or other suitable liquid, prepares the block of peat in the steam-chamber d much more effectively than if the pure steam only is used.

Having thus fully described my invention, what I claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is

l. The combination of a steam-pipe II with a receptacle B, having the steam-chamber F, formed by perforated cap or partition E, the perforated partition D, upon which the peat is placed, and the lid or cover L, resting upon the cushion K of flange J and forming an airtight joint, substantially as described.

2. The combination of a receptacle l5, having a perforated licor therein, a steam-pipe connected therewith below the said perforated ioor, and a perforated cover located over the said steam-pipe within the said receptacle, the space between the said cover and floor being filled with moss saturated with oil, as described.

' In testimony whereof I affix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

RUDOLPII GUENTIIER.

Vtfitnesses: Y

GEO. G. THoRrE, II. E. PRICE. 

